I have been listening recently to the Amchitka concert CD (www.amchitka-concert.com) that got its long overdue release late last year. This live double disc documents the historic October 16 1970 show that launched Greenpeace. Money raised from this Vancouver, British […]
As I am getting ready to travel east to visit various family members – as well as get a taste of winter – I thought I offer up my top ten discs of 2009 – the ten that stand as […]
I will admit it. I don’t know a lot about World Music. But I do know what I like, and I do like Rupa And The April Fishes. I have greatly enjoyed their two CDs, Extraordindary Rendition and the recently […]
Recently I received a disc brujer, brujer by Jessie Torrisi, who was touted as someone who played in several NYC bands (Unisex Salon, Laptop, Les Fleurs Tragiques) that I wasn’t familiar with – so I didn’t have any expectations as […]
With the Americana Music Conference still nestled in that precarious spot between the blur of the experiences and the blurriness of the memories, I wanted to share a few impressions that I took away from my trip to Nashville. There […]
When I was a kid, I had George Harrison’s magnum opus All Things Must Pass on 8-track. In fact, it was an 8-track “box set” – with two 8-tracks packaged together. The childhood memories of it stayed strong enough that […]
I have been intrigued of late with Alexa Woodward’s new album Speck, so I ventured out to see her perform at her recent Los Angeles appearance at the intimate Genghis Cohen – and it was a very rewarding experience. The […]
I dropped in to the The Drop last night. The Drop is a new, and quite interesting, program at the Grammy Museum. It’s sorta like a musician’s version of Inside the Actors’ Studio or Spectacle minus Costello. Each session has […]
I had the pleasure of attending a preview for Sparkle & Twang: Marty Stuart’s American Musical Odyssey at the Autry National Center of the American West. It’s a wonderful exhibition filled with historic items from Marty Stuart’s personal collection. While, […]
Soul music aficionados will welcome the arrival of a trio of new discs that all uphold classic soul traditions. In fact, these three discs: The Revelations’ Deep Soul (www.decisionrecords.com), Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears’ Tell ‘Em What Your Name […]
